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From: Peter Martin <pjmartin@×××××.ca>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't mount cdrom?
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:02:10
Message-Id: 43ACB9DF.3020001@magma.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't mount cdrom? by Drake Donahue
1 Drake Donahue wrote:
2
3 > run df -h again and see if you have udev and shm listed in addition to
4 > /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3
5 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Martin" <pjmartin@×××××.ca>
6
7 I have;
8 udev 753M 2.6M 750M 1% /dev
9 none 753M 0 753M 0 /dev/shm
10
11 >
12 >>
13 >>
14 >> Drake Donahue wrote:
15 >>
16 >>>> Drake Donahue wrote:
17 >>>>
18 >>>>> <snipping>
19 >>>>>
20 >>>>>> etc/fstab has;
21 >>>>>> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0
22 >>>>>
23 >>>>>
24 >>>>> <snipping>
25 >>>>> as Peter Humphrey correctly pointed out,
26 >>>>>
27 >>>>>> That no longer works here; /dev/hdc works though.
28 >>>>>
29 >>>>>
30 >>>>>
31 >>>>> so change to:
32 >>>>> dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0
33 >>>>
34 >>>>
35 >>>
36 >>>
37 >>> i trust you caught my typo - missing / in
38 >>
39 >>
40 >> yes
41 >>
42 >>>
43 >>> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0
44 >>>
45 >>> I just tried this (with out rebooting) and the fault is still the
46 >>> same, but now 'mount' is reporting the fault is with /dev/hdc
47 >>> instead of /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
48 >>>
49 >>>>
50 >>> The error now is:
51 >>> "Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or
52 >>> too many mounted file systems."
53 >>> ?
54 >>
55 >>
56 >> yes
57 >>
58 >>> The cd is an ide/ata type not scsi or usb or sata or 1394 or ?
59 >>
60 >>
61 >> I believe your right. it is ide.
62 >>
63 >>>
64 >>> reboot not needed here, might try auto vice iso9660,(which should
65 >>> change nothing)
66 >>>
67 >>> it looks like you need to: (section 7.c)
68 >>> cd /usr/src/linux
69 >>> make menuconfig
70 >>> and take a hard look at device drivers and file systems
71 >>
72 >>
73 >> I spent some time this after noon line by line going through "make
74 >> menueconfig'
75 >>
76 >>>
77 >>> if lspci will run, any thing it has to say about the cd would be
78 >>> useful, it is part of the package pciutils
79 >>>
80 >> I didn't see anything conciquential in lspci, but the first part
81 >> scrolled off the screen.
82 >>
83 >> I occures to me that there may be a relationship with my boot time
84 >> problem. In the beginning when I booted off the disk the unit would
85 >> hang trying to auto configer the hardware. So at the boot prompt I put;
86 >> gentoo nodetect
87 >> I assumed that the problem was because I have 3 TV tuner cards (2
88 >> different makes) plugged in, and don't have the driver software yet.
89 >> Maybe I should remove the cards and do a reboot from CD?
90 >>
91 >>>>
92 >>>>>
93 >>>>>
94 >>>>> and all should be well
95 >>>>
96 >>>>
97 >>>>
98 >>>>
99 >>>> --
100 >>>> gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
101 >>>>
102 >>>>
103 >>>
104 >>
105 >> --
106 >> gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
107 >>
108 >>
109
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't mount cdrom? Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't mount cdrom? Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>